17 year old girl dies while trying to save a 14-year-old boy

On Wednesday, August 13th, 17-year-old Stella Kambi (left) died while
trying to drag 14-year-old Bonheur Musungay from a flooded pit at Thorpe
Marshes on the outskirts of Norfolk, UK. Stella’s effort was a waste as
Bonheur also died. Stella’s sister Claudine, 16, who was part of the
attempted rescue, luckily survived.

Stella’s parents, who arrived in the UK as refugees from the Democratic
Republic of Congo in 2008, are completely devastated at the loss of
their daughter.

“We will miss her so much and hope our faith will get us through. But we are very proud of her”

Engele and Daniel Aketo also revealed their daughter had successfully
rescued another boy a year ago. They said Stella and Claudine had not
been swimming but sunbathing on the beach next to the boy. When Bonheur
got into trouble, both girls, who were strong swimmers, dived in to save
him. Claudine survived but Stella was dragged under.

Stella attended City College Norwich after leaving Thorpe St Andrew High
School and was studying nursing at college and wanted to be a
pediatrician.

Emergency services launched a major search and rescue operation to find
the pair but were unable to save them. Police and firefighters are now
investigating what happened.

Detective Sergeant Sarah Knights said people should take care around
open water.
“Without wanting to prejudge what has happened here, I would urge
people to take the utmost care around water and to be aware of hidden
dangers such as fast flowing currents and underwater obstacles and
weeds,” she added.